Quality Leader, Manufacturing Excellence

Nortek Air Solutions, LLC; Dyersburg (TN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Nortek Data Center Cooling is seeking a Quality Manager to lead strategy and execution for the Dyersburg facility. You will partner with Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain to ensure products meet customer expectations while driving excellence.

The role emphasizes prevention, process capability, and continuous improvement, balancing customer needs with manufacturing realities. The ideal candidate has strong quality leadership, ISO 9001 experience, and proven CAPA and audit management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or a related technical discipline or equivalent directly relevant experience.
• Progressive quality leadership experience within a manufacturing environment, leading teams and delivering measurable improvements.
• Strong working knowledge of ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems.
• Experience leading root-cause analysis, CAPA programs, nonconformance management, and audit readiness.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and manufacturing documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation, maintenance, and continual improvement of the site Quality Management System in alignment with company requirements and ISO 9001:2015.
• Provide floor leadership for incoming, in-progress, final inspection, testing, packaging, and shipment release activities.
• Lead containment, root-cause analysis, corrective and preventive actions with effectiveness verification.
• Serve as site quality representative for customer reviews, witness testing, audits, and quality-related project meetings.
• Define supplier quality requirements and acceptance criteria; support supplier qualification and corrective actions.
• Lead, coach, and develop quality personnel and scale quality systems to support growth.
• Track success metrics like defects, first-pass yield, nonconformance, and inspection accuracy.

Skills

Quality leadership

ISO 9001:2015

Root-cause analysis

CAPA programs

Audit readiness

Data-driven problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or related field

Tools

Autodesk Construction Cloud/BIM 360

Job description

Nortek Data Center Cooling is seeking a Quality Manager to lead strategy and execution for the Dyersburg facility. You will partner with Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain to ensure products meet customer expectations while driving excellence.

The role emphasizes prevention, process capability, and continuous improvement, balancing customer needs with manufacturing realities. The ideal candidate has strong quality leadership, ISO 9001 experience, and proven CAPA and audit management.